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Bull mackerelBull Bull, a.
Of or pertaining to a bull; resembling a bull; male; large;
fierce.
Bull bat (Zo["o]l.), the night hawk; -- so called from the
loud noise it makes while feeding on the wing, in the
evening.
Bull calf.
(a) A stupid fellow.
Bull mackerel (Zo["o]l.), the chub mackerel.
Bull pump (Mining), a direct single-acting pumping engine,
in which the steam cylinder is placed above the pump.
Bull snake (Zo["o]l.), the pine snake of the United States.
Bull stag, a castrated bull. See Stag.
Bull wheel, a wheel, or drum, on which a rope is wound for
lifting heavy articles, as logs, the tools in well boring,
etc.

BushwhackerBushwhacker Bush"whack`er, n.
1. One accustomed to beat about, or travel through, bushes.
[U.S.]
They were gallant bushwhackers, and hunters of
raccoons by moonlight. --W. Irving.
2. A guerrilla; a marauding assassin; one who pretends to be
a peaceful citizen, but secretly harasses a hostile force
or its sympathizers. [U.S.] --Farrow.

CackerelCackerel Cack"er*el, n. [OF. caquerel cagarel (Cotgr.), from
the root of E. cack.] (Zo["o]l.)
The mendole; a small worthless Mediterranean fish considered
poisonous by the ancients. See Mendole.

Cannon crackerCannon Can"non, n.; pl. Cannons, collectively Cannon. [F.
cannon, fr. L. canna reed, pipe, tube. See Cane.]
1. A great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm
for discharging heavy shot with great force.
Note: Cannons are made of various materials, as iron, brass,
bronze, and steel, and of various sizes and shapes with
respect to the special service for which they are
intended, as intended, as siege, seacoast, naval,
field, or mountain, guns. They always aproach more or
less nearly to a cylindrical from, being usually
thicker toward the breech than at the muzzle. Formerly
they were cast hollow, afterwards they were cast,
solid, and bored out. The cannon now most in use for
the armament of war vessels and for seacoast defense
consists of a forged steel tube reinforced with massive
steel rings shrunk upon it. Howitzers and mortars are
sometimes called cannon. See Gun.
2. (Mech.) A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving
shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently.
3. (Printing.) A kind of type. See Canon.
Cannon ball, strictly, a round solid missile of stone or
iron made to be fired from a cannon, but now often applied
to a missile of any shape, whether solid or hollow, made
for cannon. Elongated and cylindrical missiles are
sometimes called bolts; hollow ones charged with
explosives are properly called shells.
Cannon bullet, a cannon ball. [Obs.]
Cannon cracker, a fire cracker of large size.
Cannon lock, a device for firing a cannon by a percussion
primer.
Cannon metal. See Gun Metal.
Cannon pinion, the pinion on the minute hand arbor of a
watch or clock, which drives the hand but permits it to be
moved in setting.
Cannon proof, impenetrable by cannon balls.
Cannon shot.
(a) A cannon ball.
(b) The range of a cannon.

ClackerClacker Clack"er, n.
1. One who clacks; that which clacks; especially, the clapper
of a mill.
2. A claqueur. See Claqueur.

CrackerCracker Crack"er (kr[a^]k"[~e]r), n.
1. One who, or that which, cracks.
2. A noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow. [Obs.]
What cracker is this same that deafs our ears?
--Shak.
3. A small firework, consisting of a little powder inclosed
in a thick paper cylinder with a fuse, and exploding with
a sharp noise; -- often called firecracker.
4. A thin, dry biscuit, often hard or crisp; as, a Boston
cracker; a Graham cracker; a soda cracker; an oyster
cracker.
5. A nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the
Southern United States. --Bartlett.
6. (Zo["o]l.) The pintail duck.
7. pl. (Mach.) A pair of fluted rolls for grinding
caoutchouc. --Knight.

Cracker StateCracker State Cracker State
Georgia; -- a nickname. See Cracker, n. 5.

firecrackerCracker Crack"er (kr[a^]k"[~e]r), n.
1. One who, or that which, cracks.
2. A noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow. [Obs.]
What cracker is this same that deafs our ears?
--Shak.
3. A small firework, consisting of a little powder inclosed
in a thick paper cylinder with a fuse, and exploding with
a sharp noise; -- often called firecracker.
4. A thin, dry biscuit, often hard or crisp; as, a Boston
cracker; a Graham cracker; a soda cracker; an oyster
cracker.
5. A nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the
Southern United States. --Bartlett.
6. (Zo["o]l.) The pintail duck.
7. pl. (Mach.) A pair of fluted rolls for grinding
caoutchouc. --Knight.

horse mackerelTunny Tun"ny (t[u^]n"n[y^]), n.; pl. Tunnies. [L. thunnus,
thynnus, Gr. qy`nnos, qy^nos: cf. It. tonno, F. & Pr. thon.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging
to the Mackerel family, especially the common or great tunny
(Orcynus or Albacora thynnus) native of the Mediterranean
Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It sometimes weighs a thousand
pounds or more, and is extensively caught in the
Mediterranean. On the American coast it is called horse
mackerel. See Illust. of Horse mackerel, under Horse.
[Written also thynny.]
Note: The little tunny (Gymnosarda alletterata) of the
Mediterranean and North Atlantic, and the long-finned
tunny, or albicore (see Albicore), are related
species of smaller size.

horse mackerelAlbicore Al"bi*core, n. [F. albicore (cf. Sp. albacora, Pg.
albacor, albacora, albecora), fr. Ar. bakr, bekr, a young
camel, young cow, heifer, and the article al: cf. Pg. bacoro
a little pig.] (Zo["o]l.)
A name applied to several large fishes of the Mackerel
family, esp. Orcynus alalonga. One species (Orcynus
thynnus), common in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, is
called in New England the horse mackerel; the tunny.
[Written also albacore.]

JackerooJackaroo Jack`a*roo", n. Also Jackeroo Jack`e*roo" [Jack +
kangaroo.]
A young man living as an apprentice on a sheep station, or
otherwise engaged in acquainting himself with colonial life.
[Colloq., Australia]

KnackerKnacker Knack"er, n.
1. One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc. --Mortimer.
2. One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely
between the fingers, and struck together by moving the
hand; -- called also clapper. --Halliwell.